St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-02

Franklin had talked to other persons
among them j. c. Worrall To this
MIR. Davis objected very strenuously.
He said it was an attempt to besmirch
the character of Mr.. WOrrall, and that
it had nothing to do with the case. If
the whole passage were read he would
not object. Mr.. Campbell said that he
merely introduced this evidence to
IMPEACH THE TESTIMONY
of the witness, and that he eXonerated
! Mr.. WOrrall from any reprOach that
might seem to attach to his name. Mr..
Campbell then read long passage
from the minutes of the police
commission detailing the evil
dence that Franklin had
given before him, and asked Franklin if
he had made these statements. To this
minutes, Mr.. Davis again objected and
in the course of his remarks he took oc
caSion to give the police commission a
warm roast. He said in the most Sar-
castle tones;
That august body, the police commission,
may have had some star chamber session at
which they may have examined the witness,
but who this police commission is, or what
their methods of procedure, are matters so
hazy and mysterious that protest there is no
way left for US TO disprove these statements.
However the objection was over
ruled. When questioned specifically
about these statements, Franklin either
said he did not remember having made
q particular statement or admitted that
he made it, but denied that it was true.
When asked by MI. Campbell as to his
real name Franklin promptly declined
to answer, for the sake of his family, as
he explained. Mr.. Campbell then
showed him the letter addressed to
Claggert which he is charged with hav
ing distracted from the mails. He rec
OgniZed it but declined to tell whether
he took it from the mails or not.
Mr.. Davis then took the witness again
and questioned him.
AS TO HIS MOTIVE
in teStifying in the municipal court and
to the police commission as he did. He
said that Inspectors Hoy and Doyle
came to him the next morning after the
capture and told him that they sus-
pected Quinlan of assisting him to eS-
cape, and if he would tell the whole
matter just as it was, the police commits
sion would stand by him.
Il wished to shield Mr. knittle, he went on
to say. so l said that boy brought me the
monkey wrench
In answer to the question did you
have any conversation with knittle in
the county iail?' he said:
Mr.. Knittle came to see me several times
while was in the county Jail, and told me to
testify the same as ] had i'll the municipal
court during my examination. Within a
week or ten days he came 10 see me,
and told me if l refused to testify
the court could not compel me,
and if l did testify was to tell the same
story that told in the municipal court. |
did not send for him 10 come to see me at the
county Jail Mr. Kniltle was not my attorney
at this time. Commissioner Hoy examined
me while Before the police commission. He
did not ask me anything about Mr.. knittle
He had no curiosity 10 know about him.
THE MONKEY WRENCH
was at this point introduced in evil
dencc. This closed the case for the
prosecution. Mr.. Campbell moved for
4 dismissal on the ground that the only
testimony against Knittle was that of an
accOmplice. The motion was Overruled.
A. recess of five minutes was then taken.
The first witness for the defense was
Mr.. Knittle. He told his side of the
story. which was the same as Franklin'S
except that he denied everything that
tended to criminate himself. He adj
mitted going to see Franklin at the
county Jail since he (Knittle) had been
indicted. He testified to going to st.
Paul on the Sth of August with Molly
and Hugh Clarity. They went down
ON the Milwaukee road at a. m. and
walked to the municipal court and
stayed there until about 10 O'Clock
and then took street car and
went to the depot and took
the Manitoba train for Minneapolis.
After his arrival in Minneapolis he went
to the lookup to see Franklin, but de-